Baron 58 Checklist

1. Pre-Flight

   • Yokes: HIDE
   • Master battery, left and right alternators: ON
   • Mixture: RICH
   • Throttle: FULL
   • Fuel boost pumps: ON
   • Throttle: IDLE
   • Engines 1, 2: START
   • Fuel boost pumps: OFF
   • Prop sync: ON
   • Avionics master: ON
   • AP Yaw damp: ON
   • Lights: Strobe, BCN, NAV, [Flood], Panel, Taxi: ON
   • Transponder: STBY
   • ATIS: TUNE IN
   • Alitmeter: ADJUST

2. Delivery

   • Delivery or Ground: TUNE IN
   • Enter flight plan: Aircraft, departure, destination, altitude
   • Ground, request IFR to destination as filed, 58 Baron 5XS.
   • Transponder: Set SQUAWK
   • Transponder: Mode XPDR

3. Taxi

   • Ground: TUNE IN
   • Ground, requesting taxi, 58 Baron 5XS.
   • Taxi to runway, HOLD SHORT

4. Takeoff

   • Tower: TUNE IN
   • Tower, holding short of runway runway, 58 Baron 5XS.
   • Line up on runway
   • Lights: Taxi OFF
   • AP heading adjustment: SET
   • ROTATE – 85 KNOTS
   • SPEED - 92 KNOTS for Best Angle
   • SPEED - 105 KNOTS for Best Rate
   • Take off

5. Positive Climb Rate

   • Center: TUNE IN
   • Center, 58 Baron 5XS.
   • Landing gear: UP

6. Cruise

   • Throttle: 2200 rpm
   • Mixture: LEAN

7. Approach

   • Flaps: FULL
   • Mixture: RICH
   • Throttle: REDUCE
   • Descent rate: -1000 ft/min

8. Field in Sight

   • Tower: TUNE IN
   • Tower, 58 Baron 5XS.
   • Landing gear: DOWN
   • Landing lights: ON
   • Touch down

9. Taxi

   • Ground: TUNE IN
   • Ground, 58 Baron 5XS.
   • Landing lights: OFF
   • Taxi lights: ON
   • Taxi to gate

10. Shutdown

    • Engines: OFF
    • Flaps: RETRACT
    • Transponder: OFF
    • Lights: OFF
    • Prop Sync: OFF
    • Avionics master: OFF
    • Left, right alternators: OFF
    • Master battery: OFF